As protests in Ferguson, Mo., where an unarmed black teenager was shot and killed by a white police officer, continue, so do questions about the increasing use of military-style equipment and the mentality of law enforcement when dealing with the public. Making the connection between horrible treatment by officers and the equipment they've been given by the Pentagon isn't a massive leap. One late-night comic suggested taking the equipment away. The Pentagon should do what they used to with old military vehicles, he said, and sell them to Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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